Nothing Today, yet.
I have an Autocad training session in a little while, and I can ignore the phone all day. I won't be on b3ta though, so you can all have a happy day too.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 8:57, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I need to learn AutoCAD
I'm putting it off though because it looks hard.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 8:58, Reply)

Nope, its easy.
provided you mean 2D graphics, 3D with shading and stuff is hard.

I've been given a new electrical package to use.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:00, Reply)

I don't like AutoCAD for 3D
There're plenty other packages to use for doing that kind of stuff.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:04, Reply)

I have no idea
I would be using it to make perspective drawings of interiors and the like.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:12, Reply)

I wouldn't use AutoCAD for that
don't think I've ever seen anyone seriously using AutoCAD for perspective stuff.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:18, Reply)

Happy Candle Day Mr V

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:19, Reply)

cheers

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:22, Reply)

ooh mine was yesterday
stalked me right onto b3ta eh?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:22, Reply)

yeah, I got here 2 years earlier though
so I could set up my viewing platform.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:26, Reply)

I thought that telescope was so we could see the fields this all used to be!

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:30, Reply)

yeah, that's what it's for

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:31, Reply)

I was going to say something along these lines
But I wandered off. Google Sketchup is surprisingly good for doing perspective stuff on the cheap.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:21, Reply)

I'd probably do perspective stuff by hand tbh

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:22, Reply)

So would I, with some strings.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:24, Reply)

easy for you to say
I've been working on 2 point perspective for my final drafting test and it's fucking rock hard.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:30, Reply)

naa, it's easy

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:32, Reply)

fuck off
fuck right off.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:37, Reply)

what are you drawing?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:38, Reply)

a kitchen
The main box shape of the room was fine, but I'm struggling a bit with all the cabinets I have to add in, they've got to be to scale and it has to be really exact, plus it's got to be ridiculously neat with 0.2mm lines.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:54, Reply)

I used to love doing 2 point perspective
Never do stuff by hand these days though due to shapes being ridiculously complex.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:33, Reply)

I recall drawing a two point perspective of Queen's Street in Cardiff while at uni
with an intricate pedestrian footbridge I had designed. I ended up using a wok to draw the curves of the bridge.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:36, Reply)

How resourceful
I seem to remember finishing our Graph Comm practical exam in about 20 minutes, then having to sit for nearly 2 hours watching other people flounder around getting things wrong. Morons.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:39, Reply)

I have similar memories
it's a shame no one actually draws anything by hand these days, cos I was good at it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:41, Reply)

We had to do it again at uni
So it was a bit dull since I already could, and also infuriating to watch other people once again fail at doing it properly.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:42, Reply)

Also, there's the issue of having to revise things so often these days
That you would lose hours of your life re-doing drawings each time, as opposed to quickly making changes to computer drawings. Especially when it's in 3D, as you can make a change to the model and it updates all of the drawings.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:44, Reply)

get out of here with your logic
and sensible points
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:49, Reply)

I might try and revert wherever I end up working to doing things by hand
Although CFD simulations probably wouldn't work too well.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:52, Reply)

no, CFD is probably a little tricky for that

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 11:54, Reply)

screw you, it's hard!
*sobs*

I just want to tell people what colour cushions to put in their living rooms, that's all! *more sobbing*
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:54, Reply)

I make up for it with the fact that I failed my English higher
So, y'know, swings and roundabouts.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:00, Reply)

I have to draw a kitchen
so whilst it's all straight lines and stuff, I'm finding it quite tricky with the scale and stuff. Maths evades me though.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:38, Reply)

The scale's probably the toughest bit
To make sure you don't mess up one measurement that then ruins your entire drawing. You could get a scale ruler.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:40, Reply)

do you find them useful?
I've seen them around, but wasn't sure if it was worth it. I just spent bloody £17 on an adjustable set square and £165 on a drawing board, so at least the ruler is cheap.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:56, Reply)

I don't use them, but I can do the maths in my head fine generally
I know a lot of folk that found them useful though, especially after using them a few times. Is that an adjustable angle set square? Never got round to getting one of those, or my own drawing board as I was being cheap and couldn't really be bothered. For £6, it probably wouldn't be bad if it helped you do things quicker.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:59, Reply)

thanks, I'll invest and see how it goes.
I'm not a maths person so I get paranoid and have to double check all my calculations every time so I don't fuck it up.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 10:14, Reply)

I'd tell people just to imagine it

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Nice in bacon sarnies as well.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:25, Reply)

nice

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:26, Reply)

I like this

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:32, Reply)

Step 1: Boot up AutoCAD
Step 2: Draw some lines
Step 3: Save, export or plot, depending on your particular whims.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:01, Reply)

Good idea.
Sarcastic young whipper snapper. I've been Autocadding since all this was fields.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:04, Reply)

I had to use it for a while
I found that's mostly what it all boiled down to in the end.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:10, Reply)